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仕損ずる · zuru verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	仕し損そんずる	仕し損そんじない
Polite	仕し損そんじます	仕し損そんじません
Past polite	仕し損そんじました	仕し損そんじませんでした
Past	仕し損そんじた	仕し損そんじなかった
Te-form	仕し損そんじて	仕し損そんじないで
Desire	仕し損そんじたい	仕し損そんじたくない
Potential	仕し損そんじられるalso formal 仕し損そんぜられる	仕し損そんじられないalso formal 仕し損そんぜられない
Passive	仕し損そんじられるalso formal 仕し損そんぜられる	仕し損そんじられないalso formal 仕し損そんぜられない
Causative	仕し損そんじさせる	仕し損そんじさせない
Causative passive	仕し損そんじさせられる	仕し損そんじさせられない
Volitional	仕し損そんじよう
Polite volitional	仕し損そんじましょう
Imperative	仕し損そんじろalso written 仕し損そんぜよ	仕し損そんずるな
Conditional	仕し損そんじればalso 仕し損そんずれば	仕し損そんじなければ
Tara conditional	仕し損そんじたら	仕し損そんじなかったら

Meanings

zuru verb, transitive verb

blunder; fail; make a mistake

A somewhat formal or literary verb meaning to mess up or fail in doing something. Often implies a blunder due to one's own error. The more common modern equivalent is 仕損じる (しそんじる).

Expressions

急せいては事ことを仕し損そんずるhaste makes waste

Kanji

仕attend, doing, official
損damage, loss, disadvantage
為do, change, make

Related words

仕し損そんじる
More common modern form with the same meaning. 仕損ずる is the older zuru-verb variant, now mostly literary or formal.
失しっ敗ぱいする
General word for 'fail' or 'make a mistake'; more colloquial and widely used than 仕損ずる.

Written forms

仕し損そんずる
Standard kanji spelling using 仕 (do) and 損 (damage/fail).
為し損そんずる
Alternate kanji using 為 (do); less common.
し損そんずる
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; used when the kanji is avoided.

Etymology

Compound of 仕 (do) + 損ずる (fail, damage). The verb 損ずる is the older zuru-form of 損じる, which itself derives from 損 (loss) + する (do). The exact historical development is uncertain, but the form is now largely replaced by 仕損じる in modern speech.